Biological, antigenic and phylogenetic characterization of the flavivirus Alfuy

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 329-337

  May, Fiona J ^a   Lobigs, Mario ^b   Lee, Eva ^b   Gendle, Debra J ^a,c   Mackenzie, John S ^a,c   Broom, Annette K ^d   Conlan, James V ^a   Hall, Roy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINO ACID; BETA INTERFERON; DINUCLEOTIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ALFUY VIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAVIVIRUS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTBRED STRAIN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENOME, VIRAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ALFUY VIRUS; ANIMALIA; FLAVIVIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MURRAY VALLEY ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 31644438580     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81252-0     Document Type: Article

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